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This edited volume investigates the feasibility of a modern day concert of powers as a way for managing the risk of great power conflicts in the 21st century, taking its inspiration from history.

Featuring contributions from leading experts and thinkers in the theory of artificial intelligence (AI), this is one of the first books dedicated to examining the risks of AI. The book evaluates predictions of the future of AI, proposes ways to ensure that AI systems will be beneficial to humans, and then critically evaluates such proposals. The

This volume draws on an expanded field of bioethical, sociological and anthropological research, to set a new agenda for discussing the ethics of disclosing prognostic genetic information.

Ignored for many years, the archaeology of the Tripillia/Tripolye sites found in modern Ukraine and Moldova can make important contributions to a discussion of scale and settlement nucleation in prehistoric Eurasia and to the interpretation of how such massive agglomerations may have functioned. The Tripillia group of over 30 'mega-sites' are

Published in 1981, this book describes and critically examines the standardised tests and modes of assessment available and most commonly used by speech therapists, psychologists and educationalists.

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The Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management provides an overview of ecosystem theory and the tools available to manage these systems such as ecological engineering, ecological modeling, ecotoxicology, and ecological economics. The comprehensive treatment of ecosystem theory and application of theoretical tools, and the integration of classical theory and real world examples, sets this book apart. It covers newly emerging as well as nontr...

This book is a sociological study of the institution of marriage in all its possible forms and a discussion of family and of kinship.

It is argued that radical uncertainty is a powerful concept for economic analysis and applies it to standard economic topics such as institutions, money, the Lucas critique, fiscal policy and asset pricing. The book also offers policy conclusions and recommendations for further theoretical and applied research.

The New Rural Co-operative Medical System constitutes the main system of public health insurance in China today. This book outlines the nature of the system, traces the processes of its implementation and discusses its strengths and weaknesses.

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Based on the author's dissertation entitled: How money tames innovation. A dynamic relational geography of investment in German biotechnology.

Diaspora politics is often expressed as an emancipating experience and can therefore give agency to migrants. Müller-Funk¿s findings underline that diaspora politics is a highly diverse political field which can reinforce confessional divisions and support political fragmentation among migrant collectivities.

Re-examines conventional ideas of the history of childhood, exploring the child's prominence in eighteenth-century discourse and the establishment of the category of age as a marker of social distinction alongside race, class, and gender. It is for those concerned with the history and representation of childhood in eighteenth-century culture.

Neutrality in World History offers an intriguing alternative to dominant world history narratives by arguing for neutrality's historical significance in shaping the modern international order.

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So many books on marriage leave one with a feeling of chaos that it is important to examine any document underlying the discovery of order by searching for underlying tendencies.

Neutrality in World History offers an intriguing alternative to dominant world history narratives by arguing for neutrality's historical significance in shaping the modern international order.

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